Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 194
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Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, you realise that it would rather be challenged with some good old fashioned medical trivia FFFF…introducing Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 194.
Question 1
As mythology goes, what did the Amazon women not have?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazons
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A right breast.
The Amazons showed unsurpassed skill and excellence as horse-tamers and riders. Peculiar, but perhaps justified from the Amazons perspective, was the removal of a girl’s right breast. While still a girl, the right breast would be cauterized using a searing hot bronze tool. It was thought to be a necessary evil, to mutilate and remove all possible hindrances to using a spear or drawing an arrow.
This practice may have attributed them the name Amazons from the Classical Greek word “Amazoi”, which translates to either breast-less, full-breasted or not-touching men. [Reference]
Question 2
What is the most dangerous sport for girls in America?
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Cheerleading
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